Jumpin Jack Flash bass tab by The Rolling Stones

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1968 Album THROUGH THE PAST, DARKLY (BIG HITS, VOL. 2))

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro
 Bright Rock Q=132
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     W     W     a Q.  E +Q  E E
|----------|----------|----------|-3s8----6-(6)--5s2--|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|

 S S E E S S E E E E  a Q.  E +Q  E E
|-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-3-3-|-3s8----6-(6)--5s2-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


 a Q.  E E a Q E  a Q.  E E a Q E
|-2s3----3-3-2s3--3-|-2s3----3-3-2s3--3--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|


 a Q.  E E Q E   E E Q E Q E  +E Q E E Q E  Q Q E a Q E
|-2s3----3-3-3S=x-||----------------|-----------------|----3------------|
|-----------------||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-1---1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-------0h1--1--|
|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


         1st & 2nd Verses
 E Q Q Q E  Q Q E Q E  +E Q E E Q E  Q E E E E E E
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1--1--1--1-||-1--1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--x-1-1--1-|-1--1---x-1---1--|
|--------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|

 E E E E E E E E  Q Q E Q E  E a E E E E E E E  E E E E E a E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|-3------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1--1--1-1--1-|-1-0h1-1-1-1-1---1-|-----1---1-0h1---1--|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|


           Chorus
          $
 E a E E E E E E E  Q Q E Q E  Q Q E E E E  Q.  E Q Q
|-------------------||--------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------------||--------------|-------------0-|-1----1-1-----|
|-1-0h1---1-1-1-1---||-4--4--4-3--1-|---------3-4---|-----------4--|
|-----------------4-||--------------|-4--4--4-------|--------------|


 a Q.  E a Q a Q  Q.  E Q Q  Q.  E E E E E  a Q.  a E a E Q E
|--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-0h1----1-0h1--0h1--|-4----4-4--3--|----------3-4-5-|-0h1----0h1-0h1-4--3-|
|--------------------|--------------|-4----4-4-------|---------------------|


           To Coda
 |-3-|
 S S S +E +Q  a E a E E a E  H  +E a Q E  H  E a Q E
|-1s2s3-(3)-(3)--2h3-2h3-3-2h3-||-3----(3)-2h3--3-|-3----3-2h3-----||
|------------------------------||-----------------|---------------o||
|------------------------------||-----------------|-------------x-o||
|------------------------------||-----------------|----------------||


  Interlude
  E E E E E E E E  E Q E E E E E 4x E E Q E E E E
||------------------|-----------------||----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||----------------|
||o-1---1---1-1---1-|-1-1--1-1---1---o||-1---x--1-1---1-|
||------------------|----------x---4--||----------------|


 +E a Q E E E E E  E E a E E E a E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------1-----|---------------------||
|-(1)-0h1--1-1---4-3-|-1---0h1-----0h1---1-||
|--------------------|---------------------||


 E E Q E Q E  +E Q E E Q E  Q Q E a Q E  E Q Q Q E
|---------------|-----------------|----3-----------|--------------||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------||
|-1---1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-------0h1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1-||
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------||


  3rd & 4th Verses
  E E E E E E E E  +E a Q E E E E E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------1-----|
||o-1---x---1-1---1-|-(1)-0h1--1-1---4-3-|
||------------------|--------------------|


 E E a E E E a E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-1---0h1-----0h1---1-|-1---x---1-1---1---|
|---------------------|-------------------|


 Q Q E Q E  E a E E E E E E E  E E E E E a E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-3-----------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1--1--1-1--1-|-1-0h1-1-1-1-1---1-|-----1---1-0h1---1-|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|


 1.          2.
               D.S. al Coda
 E a E E E E E E E   E a E E E E E E E
|--------------------||---------------------||
|-------------------o||---------------------||
|-1-0h1---1-1-1-1---o||-1-0h1---1-1-1-1-----||
|-----------------4--||-----------------4---||


                  Outro
 &
 Q Q E Q E  +E Q E E Q E   Q.  E Q E E
|--------------|-----------------||----------------|
|--------------|-----------------||o---------------|
|-1--1--1-1--1-|-(1)-1--x-1-1--1-||o-1----1-1--1-1-|
|--------------|-----------------||----------------|


 E Q Q E E E 4x   E Q E +E Q E  Q.  E Q.  E 4x
|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||
|-1-1-----------o||-||o-----------------|---------------o||
|------4--4-3-3-o||-||o-1-1--1-(1)-1--1-|-1----x-1----1-o||
|----------------||-||------------------|----------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda

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